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April auto sales plunge 14 percent - 02, May 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. auto sales fell 14 percent to their lowest annual rate in a decade in April as weak consumer confidence and rising gas prices hit the industry's most profitable vehicles hardest.
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Exxon profit disappoints despite high oil prices - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp posted a $10.89 billion first-quarter profit on Thursday, but still managed to disappoint investors as weak production volumes and low refining margins blunted the impact of record-high crude prices.
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Jimi Hendrix company says sex tape not genuine - 02, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The company that controls rights to rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix's music and likeness said on Thursday a purported sex tape of the musician being sold on the Internet was not authentic.
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Older Japanese go online in search of love - 02, May 2008
That's what Yoji Kawamura figured after retiring at the age of 62 and deciding that part-time work and his new hobbies of photography and computers weren't enough to fill his days.
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Walmart.com using Wii Fit to boost Mom's Day sales - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Forget the flowers and candy -- Nintendo Co Ltd's highly anticipated "Wii Fit" video game will debut in the U.S. later this month, and Wal-Mart Stores Inc's online division is trying to persuade shoppers to order the game as "a perf
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Scientists find a quicker way to make antibodies - 02, May 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A new process to extract and copy the essential elements of cells that make human antibodies has provided a shortcut to making targeted, infection-fighting proteins known as monoclonal antibodies, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
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Swiss discoverer of LSD dies, aged 102 - 02, May 2008
ZURICH (Reuters) - Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered the hallucinogenic drug LSD, has died aged 102, the organization that republished his book on the mind-altering substance said.
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South Korea's first astronaut rescued by startled nomads - 02, May 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's first astronaut said she and her fellow crew were rescued by startled nomads after their space capsule thudded far off course into the remote steppes of Central Asia earlier this month.
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Peer pressure brings docs up to speed: study - 02, May 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - Is your doctor's practice on the cutting edge of medicine? If not, maybe he or she needs a little peer pressure.
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Shuttle tank delays push back Hubble mission - 02, May 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Delays in producing space shuttle fuel tanks, which were substantially redesigned after the 2003 Columbia disaster, will postpone NASA's final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope by a month or longer, officials at the U.S.
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Researchers find gene defect that boosts glucose - 02, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - An international research team has pinpointed a genetic mutation that can raise a healthy person's blood sugar to harmful levels, putting them at higher risk of serious problems like heart disease.
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Turn-ons, turn-offs, desire varies widely among men - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men aren't all from Mars when it comes to their sexuality, a new study from Kinsey Institute researchers shows.
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Studios and actors remain at odds - 02, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - With two days left before a self-imposed deadline in contract talks with actors, major Hollywood studios said on Wednesday the two sides remained far from a deal and that excessive union demands were to blame.
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Critic accuses Hollywood of vilifying Arabs - 02, May 2008
BEIRUT (Reuters) - American films and TV dramas shot since the September 11 attacks have reinforced screen images of Arabs and Muslims as fanatics and villains, ingraining harmful stereotypes, argues an author on the subject.
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Shakespeare's Globe mixes old with new in 2008 - 02, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Director Dominic Dromgoole shadows an actress as she steps gingerly onto the stage, surrounded by the cast of "King Lear" as preparations get under way for the 2008 season of William Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
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Cusack aims to offend with war satire film - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - John Cusack is outraged over the Iraq
war, so the U.S. actor channeled his anger into a low-budget
political satire -- complete with a chorus line of scantily
clad female amputees -- that he hopes will offend.
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Moviegoers have "Sex" on the brain: poll - 02, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sorry "Iron Man." But moviegoers have something else on their minds as spring gives way to summer -- like Sex.
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"Iron Man" poised to blast box office into summer - 02, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood studios are counting on actor Robert Downey Jr. and his big-screen incarnation as "Iron Man" to blast them out of a box office slump as the lucrative summer movie season opens this weekend.
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San Jose's Michalek staves off Dallas sweep - 02, May 2008
DALLAS, Texas (Reuters) - Milan Michalek's third period goal ensured the San Jose Sharks avoided a sweep at the hands of the Dallas Stars on Wednesday and kept alive their playoff hopes.
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Nadal says packed calendar is destroying tennis in Europe - 02, May 2008
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal has made a thinly veiled attack on the ruling body of the men's game, saying that the ATP's crowded calendar is ruining tennis in Europe and endangering the longevity of players' careers.
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Uma Thurman says accused stalker "scary" - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actress Uma Thurman testified on Thursday that she felt sickened and terrified by a man accused of stalking her and was disturbed to hear he had been in contact with her family.
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Tension follows Olympic torch into China - 02, May 2008
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tension and anger burned on despite the return of the Olympic torch to China on Thursday after a five-continent tour dogged by protests over Beijing's crackdown on rioting Tibetans.
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Varitek lifts Red Sox to narrow win over Jays - 02, May 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - The Boston Red Sox secured their second straight win in their final at-bat when Jason Varitek's ninth-inning single lifted them to a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday.
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Outside post no problem for Big Brown, jockey says - 02, May 2008
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) - Unbeaten colt Big Brown will have no problem with the rigors of the 20th post position in Saturday's Kentucky Derby, his jockey Kent Desormeaux said on Thursday.
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Underdog Forbes aims to prove the doubters wrong again - 02, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former IBF super-featherweight champion Steve Forbes said he intended to prove his doubters wrong once again when he fights Oscar De La Hoya on Saturday.
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Iraq PM sends team to Iran to discuss militias - 02, May 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has sent a delegation to tell Iran to stop backing Shi'ite militias, officials said on Thursday, underscoring Iraq's unease over the influence of its powerful neighbor.
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Cuba urges economic gain, work at May Day rally - 02, May 2008
HAVANA (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Cubans marched through Havana's Revolution Square on Thursday for a red-splashed May Day celebration that urged economic gains and increased productivity from workers.
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Baseball star Canseco loses home to foreclosure - 02, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former U.S. baseball star Jose Canseco said on Thursday he had lost his California mansion to foreclosure -- one of the first celebrities to publicly admit being a statistic in the U.S. housing crisis.
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Congress votes to ban genetic discrimination - 02, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A landmark bill to forbid discrimination against people whose genetic information shows a predisposition to certain illnesses won final U.S. congressional approval on Thursday.
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Gates acknowledges mistakes in treatment of troops - 02, May 2008
FORT BLISS, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday said the military had made mistakes in its treatment of returning combat troops including in their physical and mental health care and by providing some sub-standard housing.
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Bush proposes $770 million in new food aid - 02, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Thursday called for the United States to offer $770 million in new global food aid in an effort to stem rising food prices threatening to spread social unrest in the developing world.
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McCain says no "mission accomplished" in Iraq - 02, May 2008
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Thursday he would be reluctant to ever declare "mission accomplished" in Iraq, but suggested rosy predictions of success there by President George W. Bush and other officials fuel
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U.S. air strike kills al Qaeda boss in Somalia - 02, May 2008
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - U.S. war planes killed an Islamist rebel said to be al Qaeda's leader in Somalia and as many as 30 other people on Thursday in Washington's biggest blow against an insurgency raging since 2007.
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Obama fights perception he is elitist - 02, May 2008
FORT WAYNE, Indiana (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama sought to convince Americans he is not elitist on Thursday as new polls showed his aura of inevitability has declined after weeks of negative headlines.
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More women charge Bloomberg LP with discrimination - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of pregnant women at news and financial data company Bloomberg LP who claim to have suffered sex discrimination has grown to 58 from three, an attorney for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said on Thursday.
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Home Depot to close 15 stores, curb openings - 02, May 2008
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Retailer Home Depot Inc , which has been battered by the slumping housing market, on Thursday said it plans to close 15 underperforming U.S. stores and will curb future openings, sending its shares up more than 5 percent.
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Factory sector contracts, jobless claims jump - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Manufacturing contracted for a third straight month in April while the number of workers claiming jobless benefits hit a four-year high and planned layoffs soared, according to data on Thursday that showed the economy remained on shak
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Warren Buffett to draw biggest crowd ever - 02, May 2008
OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Few 77-year-olds could hold thousands of people in rapt attention for five hours. Sean Connery, maybe; Clint Eastwood, perhaps. Warren Buffett? Definitely.
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Bernanke suggests student lender subsidies review - 02, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the Federal Reserve has suggested that Congress revisit the issue of government subsidies to student loan providers, according to an April 25 letter made public on Thursday.
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April auto sales slump, truck sales plunge - 02, May 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. auto sales fell sharply in April with rising gasoline prices weighing hardest on sales of large sport utility vehicles and pickups, where the industry traditionally has made its biggest profits.
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Exxon profit disappoints even with high oil prices - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp posted a $10.89 billion first-quarter profit on Thursday, but still managed to disappoint investors as weak production volumes and low refining margins blunted the impact of the record-high crude prices.
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Wall Street rallies on tech and dollar rebound - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Thursday as a rebound in the dollar and retreating oil prices calmed fears about inflation, renewing investors' appetite for riskier assets, including undervalued technology shares.
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Craigslist blanched as eBay eyed marriage: lawsuit - 02, May 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Web classifieds leader Craigslist sought a divorce, while online auction giant eBay proposed a formal marriage, according to court papers unsealed on Wednesday that detail a testy four-year relationship.
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Poll finds global support for press freedom - 02, May 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People in Argentina, Mexico, Egypt and China are more likely than those in the United States to say it is very important for the news media to be free from government control, a survey published on Thursday found.
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UK indy music: Love the Internet but seek the label - 02, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - As musicians they are fiercely proud of their freedom to play what they choose, and revel in being part of a vibrant live scene, but the goal for up and coming British bands is to sign with a major label.
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Bloggers abuzz about Miley Cyrus photo scandal - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Miley Cyrus is the only recent teen superstar who has had to manage career-endangering controversy in the midst of major success on several fronts.
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Online music services could pay $100 million in royalties - 02, May 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc's AOL unit, RealNetworks and Yahoo Inc could stand to pay up to $100 million in royalties owed to thousands of songwriters and publishers, after a federal judge established a formula for determining the payments.
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Apple's iTunes sells movies on DVD release date - 02, May 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc said on Thursday it would begin selling movie downloads on its iTunes service on the same day as the titles are released in DVD form, under agreements with most of the top Hollywood studios.
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UK "Lollipop" traffic rage fight goes technical - 02, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - British school traffic crossing helpers are being armed with new high-tech weapons in a bid to fight a growing number of so-called "lollipop" rage incidents.
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Volvo's 2020 vision: The injury-proof car - 02, May 2008
GOTHENBURG, Sweden (Reuters) - The destruction of the orange sedan with its slapdash paintwork may have been intentional but it was far from wanton. It was all part of Volvo's bid to create an injury-proof car by 2020.
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Nokia confident free music downloads will profit - 02, May 2008
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Offering unlimited music downloads to phone buyers will make money for Nokia as well as record labels, the handset maker said, dismissing talk the move would come at the expense of profits.
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Scientists develop new type of memory circuit - 02, May 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - It took about 40 years to find it, but scientists at Hewlett-Packard said on Wednesday they discovered a fourth basic type of electrical circuit that could lead to a computer you never have to boot up.
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IBM launches "green energy" tools for data centers - 02, May 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp on Wednesday launched tools to reduce computer energy consumption as IBM hopes to boost its business of selling power-saving technologies.
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Grand Theft Auto IV breaks UK first day record - 02, May 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - "Grand Theft Auto IV", the gangster-themed computer game that earned both critical claim and strong criticism, broke first day sales records in Britain, according to an industry body's initial estimates on Thursday.
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GTA 4 poised to dominate Xbox Live - 02, May 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Players of the popular "Grand Theft Auto" video game series have always reveled in its unique blend of beatings, shootings and vehicular mayhem.
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Lego's latest brick trick: a virtual world - 02, May 2008
BILLUND, Denmark (Reuters) - Millions of children pick up Lego bricks each year to spend hours -- 5 billion, in fact -- creating their own imaginary worlds.
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Colossal squid examined by New Zealand scientists - 30, Apr 2008
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A colossal squid caught from deep Antarctic waters was defrosted on Wednesday by New Zealand scientists keen to discover more about the little-known giant predator.
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TV's "CSI" star Gary Dourdan faces drug charges - 30, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Gary Dourdan, who co-stars on the CBS television hit "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," has been arrested on suspicion of possessing cocaine, heroin and other drugs, police said on Tuesday.
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Purported Jimi Hendrix sex tape sold online - 30, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A videotape said to show rock guitar great Jimi Hendrix having sex with two women was released for sale on the Internet on Tuesday, following a wave of stars, alive and dead, showing up in homemade porn.
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Libby Lenton is a swimming favorite by any name - 30, Apr 2008
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's top female swimmer has changed her surname, built up her backside and recovered from an attack of stage-fright at the Athens Olympics.
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Worst of all worlds for Miley Cyrus - 30, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Another "wholesome" teen icon gone bad? Or was U.S. television star Miley Cyrus' blunder in allowing herself to be photographed wrapped only in a bed sheet simply a mistake that will be forgiven by her young fans?
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Gymnast Strug inspires kids ahead of 100-day countdown - 30, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kerri Strug, whose vault at the 1996 Olympics clinched gold for the U.S. women's gymnastics team, on Tuesday marked Wednesday's 100-day countdown to the Beijing Games by sharing lessons with children on perseverance.
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Swimmer's success brings rare cheer to Zimbabwe - 30, Apr 2008
BANGKOK (Reuters) - With a gold-medal tally trumped only by swimming giants Australia and the United States, Zimbabwe's performance at this month's world short-course championships was staggering.
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Philippine boxers forced to look beyond Beijing - 30, Apr 2008
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - Delfin Boholst is training for the Olympics -- the London Olympics.
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Penguins edge closer to series victory over Rangers - 30, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Pittsburgh Penguins capitalized on two powerplay goals from Evgeni Malkin to overcome the New York Rangers 5-3 on Tuesday and take a commanding 3-0 lead in their Eastern Conference semi-finals series.
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Rays winning streak ended by Orioles - 30, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Tampa Bay Rays' six-game winning streak ended when the Baltimore Orioles broke a first- place tie in the AL East with a 7-4 victory at Camden Yards on Tuesday.
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Afghans clash with suspected Taliban in Kabul, 2 dead - 30, Apr 2008
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan security forces clashed with a group of suspected Taliban militants holed up in a house close to Kabul's old city on Wednesday, witnesses and police said.
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Cost issues and war sap U.S. military readiness: lawmaker - 30, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Democratic lawmaker on Tuesday called for urgent improvement of the U.S. military's readiness, saying the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and cost overruns in weapons programs had sapped its ability to respond quickly to a crisis
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Democrat Obama "outraged" by former pastor - 30, Apr 2008
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, trying to quell a political firestorm that has roiled his presidential campaign, strongly denounced his former pastor on Tuesday and called his racially charged comments "appalling."
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New U.S. carrier in Gulf a "reminder" to Iran: Gates - 30, Apr 2008
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy has temporarily added a second aircraft carrier in the Gulf as a "reminder" to Iran, but this was not an escalation of American forces in the region, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday.
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WSJ editor's resignation process flawed: committee - 30, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A committee to protect editorial integrity at The Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday it will be more active in the search of a new managing editor for the paper after being blindsided by the resignation of Marcus Brauchli.
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UAL pilots leader pans possible merger with US Air - 30, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A "toxic stew" of problems with pilots and other issues at US Airways Inc would imperil any merger between that carrier and United Airlines, the leader of the United pilots' union said on Tuesday.
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Citigroup to sell $3 bln in stock; shares fall - 30, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc said on Tuesday it plans to sell $3 billion of common stock to bolster its capital levels, sending its shares down in after-hours trading.
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Sanofi Q1 oper profit falls 7 pct, keeps targets - 30, Apr 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis on Wednesday posted first-quarter net sales down 3.3 percent and operating profit down 7.2 percent, hit by generic rivals and a weak dollar, but maintained its outlook.
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Oil steady after dollar-induced dive - 30, Apr 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - Oil dipped on Wednesday, a day after the rallying dollar triggered the market's sharpest fall in four weeks, as traders waited to see whether the U.S. Federal Reserve would signal an end to its interest rate cuts.
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Investors see recession, Wall Street depression - 30, Apr 2008
BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) - The U.S. economy may be in a funk, but that's nothing compared with the pall hanging over Wall Street.
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Fed seen set to lower rates, may signal pause - 30, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates by a modest quarter percentage point on Wednesday and may suggest the rate-cutting cycle it kicked off last fall has reached an end.
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"Grand Theft Auto 4" hits the streets - 30, Apr 2008
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Grand Theft Auto 4" went on sale on Tuesday, with fans lining up to grab the first copies of the criminal action game hailed as a brutal and satirical masterpiece equal to films like "The Godfather."
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DreamWorks' Katzenberg disappointed with 3D talks - 30, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - DreamWorks Animation SKG Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg on Tuesday said he was disappointed with the pace at which movie theater chains were moving to deploy digital and 3-D technology.
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Drinking dulls the brain's response to threats - 30, Apr 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Drinking alcohol dulls the brain's ability to detect threats, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday in a study that helps explain why people who are drunk cannot tell when the guy at the end of the bar is angling for a fight.
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New genes for osteoporosis may help guide treatment - 30, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Researchers looking for genes that raise the risk of osteoporosis found seven different sequences associated with the bone-thinning disease, and one team found two that might predict the risk for 20 percent of people.
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Sweet reviews for Madonna's "Hard Candy" - 30, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - As parting gifts go, Madonna's 11th studio album -- and her last before she exits long-term record label Warner Bros. -- is unusually generous, if early reviews are to be believed.
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Wagner grandson to quit as opera festival chief - 30, Apr 2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - Richard Wagner's grandson has agreed to resign as head of Germany's Wagner festival in August after a 57-year reign, a spokesman said on Tuesday, announcing a decision which could help end an epic family battle.
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French court says it cannot ban Mosley orgy video - 30, Apr 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - A French court said on Tuesday it had no power to ban a British newspaper from posting on its Web site a video showing world motorsport chief Max Mosley in what the paper described as a Nazi-style orgy with prostitutes.
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For sale: lyrics to "Give Peace a Chance" - 30, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for the hit song "Give Peace a Chance" will go under the hammer at auction in July and are expected to fetch 200-300,000 pounds ($400-600,000), Christie's said on Tuesday.
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Families tell U.S. lawmakers of heparin deaths - 30, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A man who said he lost his wife and a son to reactions from tainted heparin made with ingredients from China urged U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday to protect patients from other unsafe drugs.
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Beijing marks 100-day countdown to Games - 30, Apr 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing on Wednesday marks the 100-day countdown to the Olympics with songs, a mass run and even prayers, hoping to put behind it the tumultuous events of the past month which have taken much gloss off its preparations.
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Bush says no magic wand to lower fuel prices - 30, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush said on Tuesday there was no "magic wand" to bring down record-high fuel prices but would consider a proposal to suspend federal gasoline taxes this summer -- an idea that has divided the 2008 president
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Medicare "drifting towards disaster": U.S. official - 30, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medicare is lurching toward disaster and it is too late for the Bush Administration and Congress to do anything about it, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said on Tuesday.
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Family in Austrian incest case united - 30, Apr 2008
AMSTETTEN, Austria (Reuters) - The family of an Austrian man who imprisoned his daughter for 24 years and fathered seven children with her have been united for the first time in what doctors described as an "astonishing" gathering.
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Obama strongly denounces former pastor - 30, Apr 2008
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama strongly denounced his former pastor on Tuesday, saying he was outraged by assertions made by Rev. Jeremiah Wright about the U.S. government and race that have disrupted Obama's presid
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Countrywide, GMAC post big losses on mortgages - 30, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Countrywide Financial Corp and GMAC LLC, which run the largest independent U.S. mortgage lenders, posted big first-quarter losses on Tuesday, hurt by credit problems as the nation's housing slump deepens.
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Auto retailers struggle to offset new car slump - 30, Apr 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Major U.S. auto retail groups on Tuesday posted quarterly results that underscore their mixed success in offsetting pressure from slumping new vehicle sales through sales of used cars, financing and service operations.
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Oil slumps on dollar, easing supply fears - 30, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil fell sharply on Tuesday, retreating from a record high as a rebound in the dollar spurred selling and as fears over a rash of global supply disruptions began to recede.
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Fed seen cutting rates as consumer hopes swoon - 30, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve began a two-day meeting on Tuesday that was expected to end with a small interest rate cut that could be the last in a string of reductions dating to mid-September.
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Confidence slumps as home prices post record fall - 30, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Consumer confidence fell to a five-year low this month as Americans confronted the grimmest jobs outlook since late 2004, while data also showed a record drop in home prices in February.
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Market wavers as drugs weigh; Citi down late - 30, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks ended little changed on Tuesday as setbacks for two drugs weighed down the pharmaceutical sector, offsetting the relief from a retreat in record high crude oil prices.
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Cholesterol-drug rejection rips new gash in Merck - 30, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Confidence in Merck & Co's earnings prospects withered on Tuesday, along with its stock price, after U.S. regulators surprisingly rejected the drugmaker's treatment to raise levels of "good" HDL cholesterol.
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"Grand Theft Auto 4" hits the streets to acclaim - 30, Apr 2008
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Grand Theft Auto 4" went on sale on Tuesday, with fans lining up to grab the first copies of the criminal action game hailed as a brutal and satirical masterpiece equal to films like "The Godfather."
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British team finds two genes for osteoporosis - 29, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - British researchers have identified two common genetic mutations that increase the risk of osteoporosis and related bone fractures, according to a study released on Tuesday.
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